Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-11-03

Sam Jones Wrestles With the
Devil in st. Louis.

The Rev. Sam Jones preached at
the First Methodist Church in st.
Louis Sunday to an immense con-
gregation. He selected an old text
from St. Paul's letter to Timothy,
alexander, the coppersmith, did
me much evil"
His sermon was replete with
such expressions as the following:
as there any blood and hair and
ground being torn up anywhere in
sight here, where good and evil are
struggling?
"Our Mayor has done us great
evil, he has hurt US nightly. He
won't enforce the law.
"Whatever else you may say
about the devils crowd, you must
give them credit for industry and
energy and get-up-and-get, wont
you? You can't help doing that.
1.-THE biggest fool that Gods
eyes ever looked upon, is the
woman that viii stir a toddy for
her husband and mix it good and
sweet so that he'll like it.
"Can't some of you play Miss
Abbott on that and get up on your
hind feet and fly?
''What's a dude? He is to the
body of society what a pimple on
my face is to my physical body
exactly. Now, what's a dudine?
Well you take that pimple and
squeeze it and you have a dudine.
eff solemn preaching would have
saved St. Louis she would have
been in glory long ago. Did you
ever see anything dead that wasn't
cool?
alexander has got in his work
on you, old fellow. I have heard
of him, he had quit preaching and
gone to the law, a congenial profess
sion for him-with q doubt toward
the bible.
"Why do you call it the Baptist
fish," WE'LL he says, don't
you know it's because they spoil SC
soon after you take them out of the
water?"
At one point in Rev. Mr.. Jones'
appeal several ladies left the
church. He noticed their ext
with the following remark, II
does make these light-headed MIN.
b~le-footed girls mighty mad to talk
to them that way"
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investments in Real Estat,. II il
one of the finest counties in thu
State. The L. 2. r. r. has jus
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Fe and Rock Island r. RS, arr
now constructing their lines which
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dress the Banner Land & Loan Co
Z. S. BOWER, Sec'y.,
Lincoln, Kansas.
The following persons from thi
city will attend the Gibbs-Buckne
nuptials in Paris at II a. M, to
day. Mr.. and Mrs. DIR. Nc
Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. C. E
Purnell, Misses Gibbs, Miss Bell
Fentem, Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Hous
: ton, Messrs. J. G.. Trimble, E. S
Wilson, E. r. Cunningham, j. A
Glandon, B. +. Dobyns and H. F
, Woodward.
: A reporter for this paper stoo'
on the old bridge for fifteen min
utes this afternoon. Every vehicl
that passed over shock the struC
ture alarmingly, while a foot-pas
senger, walking at an ordinary
regular gait, would move the bridg
: perceptibly. A new bridge i
needed.
Miss Agnes Herndon and he
most excellent company of rs ladie
l and gentlemen of recognized abilit
will produce their latest coined
; drama, in A acts, entitled: 9Th
l Commercial Tourists Bride" 6
Opera House, Wednesday eve.
Nov. 8.
The ladies ofthe Christian churc
, will give a free lunch and social i
! the Sunday School room nea
: Thursday afternoon, Nov. Bird, {
IL O'Clock. Every lady, old an
young, of the congregation is COZ
S daily invited to be present at thu
hour and spend a pleasant aftei
noon. 74-2t
The Chicken pie social at til
Liberty street NJ. E. Church La
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